iPhone
See previous story here.
There is a new malicious iPhone worm spreading. It uses the same method to infect the iPhone as the previous worm. You must change the default password on your phone, especially if it is jailbroken.
Once again, instructions for changing the iPhone default password can be found at http://cydia.saurik.com/password.html
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There is a new set of spam emails going around that looks like this:
We recorded a payment request from [company name] to enable the charge of [amount] on your account. The payment is pending for the moment. If you made this transaction or if you just authorize this payment, please ignore or remove this email message. The transaction will be shown on your monthly statement as [comapny name]. If you didn't make this payment and would like to decline it, please download and install the transaction inspector module (attached to this letter).
The attachment is the Sasfis dropper in a zip file. Once installed this will download a copy of the Zbot trojan to your computer. If you see an email like this you should delete it immediately.
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Be on the lookout for an email purporting to be from Gmail. They ask for your password which Gmail will never do.
From: Account Service Department
Subject: Dear Email Subscribers
Dear Email Subscribers,
This is to inform you that due to too many Spam mail that you receive these
days, we would be performing maintenance in our web database starting from
18th of November and this might cause some interruptions when checking your
mail and sending of mails from your account, to avoid your mail account from
been effected, you are advised to reply to this mail with your valid password
attached as this would enable us upgrade your account.
Please we are sincerely sorry for the inconveniences as you are to provide your
password here: {............}. It would take just two days to upgrade and we
sincerely for the inconveniences.
Thank you very much for using our email.
There is another email going around claiming yuor mailbox has been deactivated. This comes an attached piece of malware that downloads Zbot and other nasties to your system. If you get an email that looks like this, you should delete it immediately.
Subject: your mailbox has been deactivated We are contacting you in regards to an unusual activity that was identified in your mailbox. As a result, your mailbox has been deactivated. To restore your mailbox, you are required to extract and run the attached mailbox utility. Best regards, msmvps.com technical support.
The same phishing scheme and malware that have been effecting the IRS and Facebook is now targeting Myspace. If you get an email that seems to be from Myspace asking you to click a link or download something to update your account you should delete it immediately, this is a scam!
iPhone
If you use an iPhone, and particularly a jailbroken iPhone, you should make sure you have changed your default passwords. See http://cydia.saurik.com/password.html
Read more here.
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